2014 Archive

Wangechi Mutu: I'm interested in how the eye can trick you

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:28 • 18 Nov 14

The Nairobi-born artist tells us about the making of her first video animation, "The End of Eating Everything". >
5 goosebump moments at Design Indaba Conference

Talks • Duration: 00:02:29 • 17 Nov 14

Five great reveals from 20 years of our globally acclaimed conference, your front-row seat to inspiration. >
Lara Bohinc: I was dying to design something really big

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:30 • 13 Nov 14

The jewellery designer tells us how collaborating with large-scale producers enabled her to branch out. >
Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool (trailer)

Trailers • 12 Nov 14

The founder of OpenIDEO debunks some myths about technology and shows us how it brings people together to solve the world's biggest challenges. >
Teaching the next generation of tech trailblazers

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:42 • 12 Nov 14

Judith Owigar, president of Akirachix, talks tech and its ability to empower young women in Kenya. >
Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks

Talks • Duration: 00:06:00 • 11 Nov 14

This Canadian industrial designer talks about finding the freedom to develop products that question everyday perceptions. >
Architecture & Water (Part 3): Water Park

FilmFestFriday • 7 Nov 14

The final part of this documentary series looks at ideas such as floating islands, which bring the Thames River into the greater urban fabric of London. >
Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks (trailer)

Trailers • 6 Nov 14

This Canadian industrial designer is making waves in the product design industry. At Design Indaba Conference 2014, he shares his story of success. >
Evans Wadongo: The little light that could

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:25 • 4 Nov 14

Kenyan engineer and businessman Evans Wadongo tells us about his award-winning MwangaBora light and creating a sustainable economy in rural areas. >
Make. Change: A DIY sleeping bag for the homeless

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:34 • 3 Nov 14

Meet Jo Maxwell, an ordinary citizen who prototyped a sleeping bag made of newspaper and plastic bags that has been distributed to more than 20,000 people. >
Architecture and Water (Part 2): Gentrification machine?

FilmFestFriday • 31 Oct 14

The second of a three-part documentary series explores the gentrification along the Thames driven by desirable riverside living. >
Studio Propolis: The labourers of love

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:53 • 30 Oct 14

Inside the Nairobi-based workshop of Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner, a husband-and-wife team who make all their own designs by hand. >
Lauren Beukes on fiction as an incredible kind of telepathy

Talks • Duration: 00:38:52 • 29 Oct 14

South African author Lauren Beukes brings a singular storytelling experience to the Design Indaba Conference stage. >
Inside Kenya's iHub

Video Interviews • 28 Oct 14

The iHub is the heart centre of Kenya's tech revolution. We took its pulse on this tour inside. >
SEVEN THIRTY Films: Capturing Kenyan perspectives in film

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:23 • 27 Oct 14

The sister duo behind this filmmaking studio tells us about the opportunities and challenges of being creative in Kenya. >
Architecture and Water (Part 1): A River Runs Through It

FilmFestFriday • 24 Oct 14

The first of a three-part documentary series asserts that water management is as much a political issue as it is an urban planning one. >
Emerging Creatives: 5 reasons to apply

Festival News • 23 Oct 14

Five rising stars from the Emerging Creatives programme at Design Indaba Expo 2014 tell us what the exposure did for their careers. >
Gavin Elder: A backstage pass

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:59 • 23 Oct 14

South African filmmaker Gavin Elder talks about his lucky break filming Duran Duran, working with artists and what he learnt from David Lynch. >
Lauren Beukes on confronting the monsters around us (trailer)

Trailers • 23 Oct 14

The award-winning sci-fi writer shows how South Africa's dark past transforms into her fiction in this unusual presentation at Design Indaba Conference. >
Buyers Day at Design Indaba Expo 2014

Festival News • 23 Oct 14

Business was swift and crowds aplenty at Buyers Day for Design Indaba Expo 2014. We spoke to buyers and exhibitors about their experience. >
Colin Charles: The biggest mistake Western advertisers make in Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:32 • 21 Oct 14

The executive creative director of Publicis West Africa tells us how he goes about making ads for Ghanaian audiences. >
Jessica Hische - Like Knows Like

FilmFestFriday • 17 Oct 14

This short film takes a revealing look at American typographer Jessica Hische's everyday life. >
Dean Poole on playing with words

Talks • Duration: 00:34:03 • 15 Oct 14

The creative director of New Zealand agency Alt Group reveals the ABC's of his creative language. >
Nikki Gonnissen: No more rotten tomatoes

Video Interviews • 14 Oct 14

The Amsterdam-based graphic designer tells us why she stepped out of her comfort zone to design for the Dutch Socialist Party. >

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